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Proposed  by  Mr.  Baldwin  to  the  Impressment  bill  reported  from  the 
Judiciary   Committee. 

1  Sec.  7.  The  Secretary  of  War  shall,  without  delay,  cause  to 

2  be  detailed  for  each  military  district  or  department  one  or  more 

3  officers,  who  shall  have  the  power  and  be  charged  with  the  duty 

4  to  ascertain  and  settle  all  claims  growing  out  of  past  seizures  or 

5  impressments  of  private  property  for  the  use   of  the   army  or 

6  other  military  purpose  upon  the  principles  and  according  to  the 

7  rules  herein  provided. 

1  Sec  8.  This  act  shall  not  be  construed  to   authorize  the  im- 

2  pressment  of  property  owned  in  whole  or  in  part  by  any  State. 


AMENDMENT  TO  THE  IMPRESSMENT  BILL. 

1  If  any  personal  property  needful  for  the  subsistence  or  cloth- 

2  ing  of  the  army  shall  be,  before  the  first  day  of  July  next,  pur- 

3  chased  by  any  person,  unless  the  same  be  in  good  faith  purchased 

4  and  held  for  the  necessary  use  of  such  purchaser   or  his  or  her 

5  family,  the  price  to  be  paid  for  the  same  by  the  government  upon 


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6  an  impressment  thereof  in  the  hands  of  such  purchaser  shall  be, 

7  at  the  option  of  the  impressing  officer,  either  the  price  paid  by 

8  such  purchaser,  including  the  necessary  cost  of  transportation 

9  from  the  place  of  purchase  to  the  place  of  impressment,  or  a 

10  price  to  be  ascertained  by  apprtusment  according  to  the  other 

11  provisions  of  this  act. 


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